Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
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Rajeswari Sunder Rajan | |
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| Born | 1950 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Alma mater | Bombay University, George Washington University |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of English, editor and author |
| Notable work | Scandal of the State: Women, Law and Citizenship in Postcolonial India |
Rajeswari Sunder Rajan (born 1950) is an Indian feminist scholar, a professor in English, and author of several books on issues related to feminism and gender. Her research interest has covered many subjects such as of the pre and post colonial period, Indian English writing, gender and cultural issues related to South Asia, and the English literature of the Victorian era. She has also edited a series called the "Issues in Contemporary Indian Feminism", and "Signposts: Gender Issues in Post-Independence India". She has authored many books of which the notable ones are the Scandal of the State: Women, Law and Citizenship in Postcolonial India and Real and Imagined Women: Gender, Culture and Postcolonialism.[1][2]
